Building my own amplifiers I’ve always loaded my mc cartridge according to the supplies advice (most often 100R seen by the cart throw the step up transformer).
However. Many, many years ago Allen Wright (Vaccum state) advice me not to load the cart that hard. He advised me to keep the 47K load at the phonoamp input, making a 470R load seen by the cart throw a 1:10 step up.
I didn’t follow his advice then. But now I have seen several post where others claim that to hard loading could making less than optimal conditions for the step up (Lundahl transformers in my case).
I can’t say that I can hear huge difference loading my mc (ZYX R100H) with 100R or 470R (I have old ears)
But how do you load your carts?
However. Many, many years ago Allen Wright (Vaccum state) advice me not to load the cart that hard. He advised me to keep the 47K load at the phonoamp input, making a 470R load seen by the cart throw a 1:10 step up.
I didn’t follow his advice then. But now I have seen several post where others claim that to hard loading could making less than optimal conditions for the step up (Lundahl transformers in my case).
I can’t say that I can hear huge difference loading my mc (ZYX R100H) with 100R or 470R (I have old ears)
But how do you load your carts?
I have loaded both SPU and IO as recommended, although different transformers have changed the sonic impact with the same loading.
You have to provide the loading that the transformer required, not what the cartridge requires.
